Informal Institutions - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2007
First Look

First Look: November 14, 2007

father, James Cole, must set compensation that meets the needs of the family and the business. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808078 Managing in the Information Age Module Note for... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2005
News

A Renter’s Market

Lee For Jonas Lee (MBA ’93) and his investment firm, Redbrick Partners, the purchase, refurbishment, rental, and maintenance of hundreds of low-cost, single-family urban homes represent a terrific, overlooked market opportunity. “It’s a $15 trillion asset class with no... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Real Estate

01 Jun 2010
News

M.I.A. Boards

gatekeepers, and financial institutions they pay to grow their investments. Public outrage over scandals or excessive executive compensation is ephemeral. It must be channeled to demand a transformation in how our companies are governed.... View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

01 Dec 2009
News

Faculty Books

Gulati states that managers have figured out what consumers want and what their company should offer but are only now appreciating the huge institutional barriers that prevent them from delivering. He offers a practical process by which... View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

23 Oct 2018
News

Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart

but also radicalized me as it pertains to the real malpractice that's been committed at some of the top educational institutions in the country that are not preparing young people to live lives of meaning, live lives of wholeness. And so... View Details

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

average, use unverifiable discretion to convey private information on future cash flows; in contrast, agency theory predicts managers, on average, use unverifiable discretion opportunistically. We test these alternative hypotheses using a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2000
News

The Right Connections

Ties on Investment Bank Affiliation and IPO Success." In research conducted with Ranjay Gulati of Northwestern's Kellogg School, Higgins found that "what matters most when executives are trying to raise money is their professional ties and company connections, their... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

01 Feb 2018
News

HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86

(DBA) from HBS in 1963. Before beginning his long and distinguished academic career at Harvard Business School, he worked as a research associate at the International Institute for Management Development (now IMD) in Lausanne,... View Details

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Online Harassment | About

“intense personal harassment” under the University-wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities (USRR) and “bullying” under the Non-Discrimination and Anti-Bullying Policies (NDAB) . Doxing occurs under these policies when a community member publicly shares an... View Details

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Policy - Business & Environment

(not fact).” [13] “ Victory will be achieved when average citizens understand (recognize) uncertainties in climate science ” Industry internal document 1998 American Petroleum Institute [14] Example of advertisement used by View Details

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Exploring Trade Links in the Interior - A Chronicle of the China Trade

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA Summer Venture in... View Details

01 Sep 2009
News

Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources

performance and submitted recommendations for instituting a formal volunteer recognition program. In the coming year, the board will concentrate on offering real-time feedback on issues presented by the School for alumni input. To assist... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

produce benefits, particularly in light of what's going on now in terms of a number of these privatized firms being de-listed? What is the role of institutional reforms in improving information and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2013
News

Lesson Plans

honest." —Michael Horn (MBA 2006) Education Executive Director, The Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, San Mateo, California Carl Christopher (MBA 2006) Director of School Operations, Partnership for LA Schools... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

19 Dec 2006
First Look

First Look: December 19, 2006

for peace, justice, and tolerable taxes. This paper defines capitalism as a system of indirect governance for economic relationships, where all markets exist within institutional frameworks that are provided by political authorities,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Oct 2021
News

Bringing Light to the Fight

part thanks to Smyth, who joined the volunteer board of the fledgling Breast Cancer Foundation NZ in the mid-1990s and became its chair in 2009. Her work with the charity has been informed by her business career, she says. A partner at... View Details

09 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Social Entrepreneurs Can Increase Their Investment Impact

impact to a grant. However, the analysis illuminates some of the core tradeoffs at play and, hopefully, will enable a more informed discussion about the role that impact investing can play in the broader philanthropic landscape. About the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 May 2017
Research & Ideas

Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups

with Michael Ewens of the California Institute of Technology and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf of MIT Sloan School of Management. The researchers focus on one of the most important technological shifts in recent years—the introduction of Amazon... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Information Technology; Information Technology; Information Technology

November 2000
Case

Wit Capital: Evolution of the Online Investment Bank (B)

Describes the evolution of Wit Capital from its origins as a small brewery to an online investment bank advising both small technology-based companies seeking to raise capital and large companies seeking to acquire Internet companies, as well as offering retail... View Details

Keywords: Internet and the Web; Disruptive Innovation; Service Delivery; Investment Banking; Entrepreneurship

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01 Sep 2006
News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

providing leadership for the eleemosynary institutions and many of the political institutions” in virtually every city in America. “One of my hopes is that the GLF has fueled your interest and passion for being part of the solution and... View Details

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